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by lanfeust6 7mo ago
That is true, though I chalk some of that up to disdain for Russian imperialism/colonialism, and bargaining to remain out of its influence
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by lanfeust6 7mo ago
This doesn't make much sense. Since the late 19th century, every country that got rich also heavily polluted the environment, though increasingly less over time. As it stands, fossil fuel demand in China has plateaued. The "wage s
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by lanfeust6 7mo ago
Even if status-signaling through this vector loses it's lustre, AI slop (agentic or otherwise) will not, and some of that slop will take on the guise of "vibe-coding" projects.
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by lanfeust6 7mo ago
Nah, that's the one to read first. In a similar vein I prefer Stephenson's Anathem
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by lanfeust6 8mo ago
What we take for granted is it was always addicting, as far back in the 90s when we didn't call it social media. There was just a smaller privileged demographic frequenting it. That said, as much as it was the wild-west, it was probabl
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by lanfeust6 8mo ago
I keep mine alive a) to squat on the account for my identity, b) just because I know there are family members that will do posts/messages once in awhile instead of sending me a direct SMS, so I log in every few months
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by lanfeust6 8mo ago
I picked up Rejection, he has a keen sense of observation and understanding of people. Still, I found the variations-on-a-theme stories to be a downer, or at least repetitive. By the 3rd story I was hoping for another direction.
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by lanfeust6 8mo ago
It occurs to me a highly-automated UBI future should increase risk tolerance for average people. We (probably) won't have to work to survive with a baseline level of comfort, but it would be meagre. If there's nothing but upside t
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by lanfeust6 8mo ago
Aggressively expanding solar would make electrical power a solved problem, and other previously non-abatable sources of kinetic energy are innovating to use this instead of fossil fuels
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by lanfeust6 8mo ago
That OEM has yet to be named. It would be nice to see it happen, but it's yet to materialize. > It isn't a viable platform for a hardened OS Breaking from google/Apple doesn't in itself require a hardened OS, as we se
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by lanfeust6 8mo ago
I use this and lineage, but in a few years time this could be moot if Google decides to completely lock down devices. That leaves commercial options like Fairphone
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by lanfeust6 8mo ago
My cynical view is that this already exists, and people will still move to platforms, either because it's the next-popular-thing or there's less friction.
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by lanfeust6 8mo ago
Saving logs has been essential for work, in the past, because we were always to write real documentation when necessary. Mind you, this was local to our machine.
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by lanfeust6 8mo ago
The corollary to times changing is that periodically what's old is new again. We can't have our cake and eat it too; if the gripe is that for-profit services become enshittified, then necessarily FOSS should be given a shot, but a
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by lanfeust6 8mo ago
Corollary: you don't really need more software engineers. Who decides what we "need"? Software provides value, and if we want to keep providing value moving forward there will be more software
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by lanfeust6 9mo ago
If you're a gamer, pick up Thank Goodness You're Here!
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by lanfeust6 9mo ago
There's more than one form of English humor. Last year I played through Thank Goodness You're Here!, which I think borrows from a lot of late-20th Century tv including Monty Python. It might be "nihlistic" in the sense t
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by lanfeust6 9mo ago
I'm not sure it's generally true that funny English characters aren't sympathetic.
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by lanfeust6 9mo ago
Trudeau outflanked the NDP if you recall the election vs Mulcair, who I liked. Singh for his part did not sound deviate much from Trudeau on social issues.
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by lanfeust6 9mo ago
In terms of social issues, he could not be much further left
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by lanfeust6 9mo ago
It didn't land, but bad jokes aren't a crime
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by lanfeust6 9mo ago
That's a pretty wild take. Maher's views have been basically consistent, the others have not. Musk has also veered hard-right
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by lanfeust6 9mo ago
What do you expect from 3-panel funnies exactly? Biting deep social commentary? All of these were formulaic, they were pumped out every week.
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by lanfeust6 9mo ago
The conceit behind it is they think there's a chance you'll believe after joining.
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by lanfeust6 9mo ago
The US is not lacking in public spaces, events and activities, or rec centres. The "loneliness epidemic" is a fairly modern phenomenon. Cities weren't structurally much different several decades ago, but now people choose not
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by lanfeust6 9mo ago
Calling it the boob tube was not without merit
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by lanfeust6 9mo ago
Yeah, suburbia and even the inner-city in the West has parks, trails and rec centres. If anything, the real fantasy is the idea that kids couldn't engage with something outside. Kids are addicted to each other, social media is just a u
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by lanfeust6 9mo ago
Including keys associated with nefarious acts?
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by lanfeust6 9mo ago
Could this not lead to a penalty on the github account used to post it?
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by lanfeust6 9mo ago
I went through it. - Have a plan. Set yourself a time limit for unemployment, after which you can opt to re-train (even part-time, if you need to work immediately). Explore the options and pick the best ones for you. - build a portfolio, ac

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